All these arab/middle eastern cities seem so extremely focused on car infrastructure to a rather disturbing degree.
Not all cities, but I do understand your sentiment and it is echoed by many locally. Luckily the people in the top are aware they need to fix this. Though even if they ever did, who wants to walk when its 37C at night? Some cities have installed outdoor cooling.
The goal is to make it “Dubai was a car dependent hellhole”. The Emirate of Dubai acknowledges the problems and have a plan to fix it and it is being executed right now. What sets UAE apart from many other states, is its ability to get things done.
You will unconsciously drive as fast as the road allows you unless you keep checking your speedometer. Some cars too can insulate you from the noise and sense of speed that you will drive faster than you’d typically do in another car.
I posted this as a comment in another post but when I got done I realized it would probably just be better as its own post. I’m sure I could find the answers I need myself but frankly I trust the userbase here more than most online articles....
[image] Riyadh (population 7.6 million) is finally getting a metro. Initially scheduled for 2018, after successive delays it will open early this year (lemmy.ml)
Gen Z is choosing not to drive (www.newsweek.com)
Dubai Metro Blue Line is part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, which aims to create a '20-minute city’ (www.khaleejtimes.com)
Dubai Metro is getting a third line in 2029. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(Dubai_Metro)
US Pedestrian deaths rose a troubling 77% between 2010 and 2021. (www.ghsa.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12581895...
Not even Notepad is safe from Microsoft’s big AI push in Windows (www.theverge.com)
Speed camera cut down for second time in Cornwall (www.bbc.com)
It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.
Lakeshore Beverage Presents: Mazen Hajjar of 961 Beer (www.youtube.com)
Talgo 350 SRO High Speed Train in Saudi Arabia (lemmy.ml)
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: lemmy.nz/post/4701018
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I posted this as a comment in another post but when I got done I realized it would probably just be better as its own post. I’m sure I could find the answers I need myself but frankly I trust the userbase here more than most online articles....